Thursday, April 13, 2017

Immediately after the November election, I was contacted by Carolyn Bates, a long time friend and colleague. She wanted me to create a public service announcement for a grassroots organization called Our Next 4 Years (ON4Y). I wrote, designed, voiced, and animated a piece called "Make Cheese, Not Walls". Enjoy!

I asked Carolyn some questions about Our Next 4 Years.....

1.What is ON4Y and how did it come to be?

Our Next 4 Years is an all volunteer organization of almost 300 animation
professionals. We are partnering
with progressive organizations in order to create animated PSA’s that can counter
the regressive policies of the current administration. Our group’s members include Oscar,
Emmy, Annie and Humanitas award winners and nominees from studios big and
small.

Following
the election, producer / director, Mike Blum of Pipsqueak Films, reached out to
me and broached a grand idea. Mike was motivated to action after reading a
fervent Facebook post by his animation supervisor, Ramiro Olmos. Ramiro wanted to lend his animation
skills to help support progressive causes and create change. Mike has tremendous creative & organizational
skills and a good dose of chutzpah to make that happen.